Device for and method of assembling composite metal wheels



NW, u 1924. www@ ll-a. P. ARN-r lDEVICE FOR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING COMPOSITE METAL WHEELS Filed July 16 192] En IH M-Q Patented Nev. ii, reza. 1,51%82 HERALD P. ARN'I", OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO.

DEVICE non Ann Mnfrnon ou? Asser/:BLING comosrrn METAL WHmLs. Application inea :may 1c, 1921. `/seriai No. 485,327.

To aZZwLo/m, it may concer/n." ly abut corresponding sides of adjacent Be itknown that I, HERALD I. AMT, av spokes. The other pair of sides 7 are all citizen of the United States,rresiding at to lie in 4parallel circular .planes of the v55 1552 Robinwood Ave., Lakewood, inA the wheel. county of Cuyahoga and AState of Ohio, All the spokes except one are readily put have invented a new and useful improvein place by hand to give the partly asment in Devices for and AMethods of As- 'sembled wheel the appearance furnished sembling Composite Metal Wheels, of which in Figure I. Thereafter I, propose to lay 60 the following is a'specilication, .the printhe assembled parts upon a block 8 pr- 10 ciple of tf e invention being herein exvided with a cut-out or depression 9 so that plained and the best model in which I have the space intended to be occupied by the .contemplated applying that principle, so last spoke is directly over the'depression 9. as to distinguish it from other inventions. "As will be readily understood, the nave ends 65 My invention pertains `to a device for asof the spokes should have a'tight abutting sembling a composite metal wheel and more relationship which,' however, they will not particularly to a device for positioning the assume until forced into such positions. spokes, After the lirst eleven spokes have been in- 'All-metal wheels provided with tubular serted through the holes in the felloe there 70 spokes are rapidly coming intol vogue owwill be enough looseness therebetween to 2o ing to the growing scarcity and therefore make difficult the manual insertion of the increased cost of the Wood bestf adapted to inner end of the last spoke. It Itherefore their manufacture. It is common practice becomes ynecessary temporarily to hold the to employ a felloe provided with as many eleven spokes pressed against each other 75 equispaced holes each for the reception of andthe two bordering the unoccupied space a spoke end together with a suitable hub in such a position as to enable the nave structure for :binding together the nave ends end 5 of the last spoke to be readily slipped of the spokes. These. spokes are readily into place following insertion of its end put in place by hand with the exception 4 through its appropriate opening 2 in the 80 offthe last one owing to the fact that the felloe. For this purpose, I have provided others are not lpressed tightly enough a Wedge member 10 substantially-conformagainst each other to leave sutlicient space', ing in shape', that is, bounded bytwo confor thenave end of the last spoke. Aclverging size corresponding in spaced relacordingly, my invention is especially adapttion to that ofthe fiat sides 6. Optionally 8 5 ed to facilitate insertion into place of the yhaving a screw threaded connection at 11 last spoke. -v with the wedge 10 is a rod 12 to be passed Adverting to the drawings: f through that` spoke 3 which is -in dlamet- Figure I is mainly a plan view having /ical alinement. The outer end of the rod one portion shown in section, of a nearly 12 projects beyond the felloe l and is there e@ assembled all-metal wheel showing my defashioned with screw threads 13 with which 40 vice as tobe usedvin conjunction. aP threaded nut 14 carrying handles 15 co Figure II is a section on line II--II of operates. f

- Figure I. In operation, after the first eleven spokes A felloe 1 lis fashioned with ^twelve have been arranged in place with their outer 95 equispaced holes 2 Tubular spokes 3 have ends l4v projecting through the holes and j reduced outer ends 4 for insert-ion through ,their nave ends 5 resting upon the block 8,

the openings2 preparatory to being punched and while the nut 1 4 1s detached .from the or spun over. The nave ends 5- of the screw ythreads 13,'the rod 12 1s .passed spokes are enlar ed to resemble the'conven-I v through that -s okewhlch is apposite the 10o tional desi n o a wooden 'spoke and are vacant space a terlwhich the nut 14 1s apfashioned with two pairs of oppositely disfAv plied and when screwed up acts to draw posed flat sides. One pair of sides '6 are' the wedge member 1Q into thenposition it intended to lie in radial planes and to rmis shown to occupy 1n Figure I thereby in Figure Il the nave end 5 being then in a position to substitute for the function of the wedge member 10. Then thel nut 14; may be removed, and the wedge member 10 completely forced out and the rod 12 withdrawn. Finally the wheel is turned sufy ficiently to bring the partially inserted spoke over the raised portion of the block 8 when it may bev quickly driven to a proper position. j v

I claim n 1. The combination, for use in assembling in a felloe a plurality of wheel spokes having wedge-shaped nave ends, of a wedgeshaped member adapted to tit between a pair of spoke naves which are on each side of a single missing spoke space and further adapted to press the nave ends of the felloe connected spokes circumferentially against each other and means connected with said felloe and with said member for actuating the latter to its 4functionating position.

2. lThe combination intended foruse with a felloe fashioned with an opening in its periphery and an open tubular spoke having one end projected through said felloe opening; comprising a rod passed through said spoke, a wedge on one end of said rod, and means for adjusting said rod and hence said wedge relative to said felloe.

3. The combination intended for use with a felloe fashioned with an opening in its periphery and an open tubular spoke having one end projected through said felloe opening; comprising a rod passed through said spoke and having a screw threaded end projecting beyond the elloe-inserted end of sadspOke, a wedge detachably carried on the other end of said rod and a nut for drawing said wedge toward said felloe..

4. The combination intended for'u-se in i assembling hollow spokes and a felloe having circumferentially arranged openings in all-except one of which openings the outer end of a spoke is inserted, comprising a.

block provided at None place with a cut-out and adapted to support the partially assembled wheel with the axis'of its missin spoke over .said cut-out, together with a ro passed through the spoke which is diametrically opposite said cut-out, a wedge carried by said rod over said cut-out and adapted to spread apart the nave ends of. laterally adjacent spokes and a' nut cooperating with the other end of said rod to draw said wedge into position to press the nave ends of all of said spokes against each other preparatoryto inserting the outer end of the last spoke into its felloe hole and causing its nave end to force said wedge down into the cut-out.

5. A device of use in assembling a tubular spoke wheel comprising a memberradapted to be passedv through a spoke and a hole in a felloe, said member having an inner end beyond the center of the felloe with reference to the felloe hole through which it is inserted, a wedge connected with one end of said member and an adjusting nut in screwthreaded connection with the other end adjacent the outer side of the felloe.

6. The combination intended. for cooperation with a felloe provided with o enings in which openings the outer ends o all except one of a plurality of hollow s kes. are projected, comprising a vrod pass throu h one of said openings and through the spo e which occupies said particular opening, said rod extending to a point beyond the center of said felloe, a wedge carried by said part within the bounds of said felloe and at a point which the nave end of the missing spoke will occupy, and a device cooperating with said part outside of' said felloe and adaptedto draw said wedge toward the latter to press the nave ends of the spokes against each other preparatory to the fitting of the last spoke into place.

7. The combination intended for assembling use with hollow spokes and with a wheel felloe provided with circumferentially arranged` openings, all except one of which are occupied by spoke ends, said combination comp-rising a rod passed lthrough one of said felloe openings and one of said spokes and extending to a point beyond the center of said felloe, a wedge carried by the-end of said rod, and a device cooperating with said rod and with the outer side of said felloe and adapted to draw said wedge tightly between the centrally` positioned endsofdtwo spokes inserted in the fclloe openlngs whereby to permit of the insertion of the last complementary'. spoke with its nave end substituted for said wedge.

.8. y The'method of assembling wheel spokes with a felloeprovided with circumferentially arranged holes, which consists in inserting the outer ends of all but one of said spokes into different ones of said holes, forcing a wedge between the two spokes which are 'adjacent the space provided for the missing spoke, inserting the .outer end of llfi.

nisl i the remaining spoke in its felloe hole and' then causin vthe nave end of said last mentioned spo e be substituted for said wedge.- c

ends of all but one of said spokes into different ones of seidv holes, drawing a Wedge corresponding in size and shape to the spoke naves between the two spokes Whiehborder the space provided for themissing spoke, supporting the nave Yends of the inserted spokes on a block provided with a cut-out below said fitted wedge, inserting the outer end of the remaining spoke' in its felloe hole and then driving the nave end of said last mentioned spoke down to force out to wedge into seid cut-out space of the block.

Signed by me this21st de of June 1921.

t HERAL P. ARM. 

